Carrier profile · USDOT 2897695 · MC-974142 · FMCSA profile data as of Nov 3, 2026

Mercado Transport LLC

4 power unitsavg 4.6 yrMulti-region · 8 statesEL PASO, TX100/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-974142 ACTIVE

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

4Power units

10 observed · MCS-150

9Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

4.6Avg age (yr)

2005–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(562) 400-6740 Email dispatch[email protected]

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Load decision · FMCSA profile data as of Nov 3, 2026

Clear to load

Active authority and a clean federal record. No blocking issues found.

Watch · 0

Nothing flagged.

In good standing · 4

Active operating authorityActive for-hire authority is on file with FMCSA.Insurance on fileBIPD (liability) insurance is on file with FMCSA.Established 10 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2016.Out-of-service rates below national averageBoth vehicle and driver OOS rates beat the national benchmark across 34 inspections.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)On file

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo6.3%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

Clean · 24 mo

Vektor intelligence · beyond the federal recordProprietary signals computed from VIN-decoded inspections & daily FMCSA snapshots

Fleet typeIdentity

Small fleet

4 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersNewer

4.6 yr

Model years 2005–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

10 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2016 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Cross-border activity

No border inspections on record

20 other inspections in border states, with no named crossing match.

A named inspection location does not confirm a border transit or operating authority. Counts cover retained inspection records.

Before you tender

What to check before you tender

CheckConfirm ELD provider and check recent HOS violations dates
4 hours-of-service violations on record, most recent Oct 23, 2026.
CheckRequest a current COI
Insurance cancellation effective Jun 22, 2026.

Safety

27 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

FMCSA safety data as of Nov 6, 2026

Out-of-service rate· 24-mo cumulative · vs national

Vehicle OOS 6.3%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 16 vehicle and 27 driver inspections over 24 months.

Vehicle OOS rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing

33.3% · latest 6-mo window▲ Rising

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending up 26.5 pts across the window. The national vehicle benchmark uses the same metric and is shown on the chart.

Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay

27 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '25 · 3

Vehicle-levelDriver-levelAny OOS

Monthly FMCSA roadside inspections across the 24 charted calendar months. Bars show level-qualified vehicle and driver populations; one inspection can qualify for both. The line shows inspections with any out-of-service result.

Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal

Inspection coverage

How heavily FMCSA inspects this fleet for its size — it tells you how much to trust the safety signals above. Thin coverage on a young authority is a fraud signal nobody else surfaces.

Heavily inspected

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈3.4 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.

Registered power units: 4
Inspections · 24 mo: 27
Annualized: ≈14 / yr
Coverage: ≈3.4 inspections / unit · yr

Violation themes· decoded · grouped by BASIC

What this carrier actually gets cited for — FMCSA violation codes decoded into plain English, ranked by frequency.

392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving5 · 0 OOS
395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
393.205 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
392.82 Using a hand-held mobile phoneUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
392.22 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS

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Authority & Insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

FMCSA authority & insurance data as of Nov 3, 2026

Operating authority· 49 CFR · per type

Operating authority

Common: Active
Contract: None
Broker: None

Insurance & bonds

BIPD / liabilityNo active filing in current snapshot

Cargo filing (census)Not recorded per census

Surety bond (census)Not recorded per census

Insurance continuity· insurer · policy · lapses

$750K BIPD last filed ’25 · 7 insurers · 0 lapsesInsurer churn

Wesco’16–’18

Great West’18–’19

Wilshire’19–’20

National’20–’21

Canal’21–’22

Progressive County’22–’24

Trisura Specialty’24–’25

2016201920222025now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 7 insurers are named in the list below.

No active BIPD filing in FMCSA's current snapshot.

All 7 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
TRISURA SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Jun 2024 → Jun 2025	$750K	1
PROGRESSIVE COUNTY MUTUAL	Jun 2022 → Jun 2024	$750K	1
CANAL INSURANCE CO.	Jun 2021 → Jun 2022	$750K	1
NATIONAL CASUALTY COMPANY	Jun 2020 → Jun 2021	$750K	1
WILSHIRE INSURANCE COMPANY	Jun 2019 → Jun 2020	$750K	1
GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	Jun 2018 → Jun 2019	$750K	1
WESCO INSURANCE COMPANY	Jun 2016 → Jun 2018	$750K	2

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

FMCSA equipment data as of Nov 6, 2026

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 4
Observed power (24 mo): 10
Trailers (towed): 9

Capacity is power units only — trailers are towed equipment and are never summed into a fleet-size figure.

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

4.6 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

2005

Oldest model yr

89.5%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 8 states · 24 mo

FMCSA operations & lanes data as of Nov 6, 2026

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusMulti-region

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

NM busiest

Inspections by state· roadside inspections, last 24 mo

New Mexico: 8 inspections
Kansas: 5 inspections
Texas: 4 inspections
Arkansas: 3 inspections
Arizona: 3 inspections
Mississippi: 2 inspections
Louisiana: 1 inspections
California: 1 inspections

Home base

EL PASO, TX

355 EMERALD FOREST PL

Most inspections: NM

8 inspections

NM 8 · KS 5 · TX 4

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Network & Fraud

Affiliated entities & reincarnation signals · for review, not a verdict

FMCSA network & fraud data as of Nov 6, 2026

Last 12 months: 1 truck also ran under 1 other carrier

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 54283Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (5 trucks · 6 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 2343318 USDOT 3613445 USDOT 79466 USDOT 54283 USDOT 3794502 USDOT 65762

Shares a company officer with other carriers

raul mercado — 4 carriers: USDOT 1821032 USDOT 2890288 USDOT 3405022

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

Observed (24 mo)

Shared w/ other carriers

Roadside-observed power units materially exceed the registered MCS-150 fleet — confirm the carrier is operating within its filed capacity.

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Identity & Federal

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

FMCSA identity & federal data as of Nov 6, 2026

Location

Physical address: 355 EMERALD FOREST PL, EL PASO, TX, 79928
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (562) 400-6740
Email: [email protected]

Registration

Officer: Raul Mercado
USDOT / docket: 2897695 · MC-974142
First registered: Jun 6, 2016
Last MCS-150: May 29, 2025 · 225,125 mi (2024)
FMCSA safety rating: Not rated
Recordable crash rate: 0.00
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

225,125

Annual mileage

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Federal activity

Daily-captured FMCSA licensing & insurance changes — monitored by Vektor

FMCSA federal activity data as of Nov 6, 2026

Federal record activity· monitored daily by Vektor

No licensing or insurance changes captured since Vektor began monitoring this carrier (June 2026). Quiet is usually good.

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vehicle out-of-service rate

Safety and violations

1 of 16 eligible vehicle inspections had a vehicle OOS finding.

FMCSA roadside inspections, Nov 2024 to Nov 2026.

15violation records

2OOS-tagged records

1 of 16inspections with OOS

What the violations were

FMCSA BASIC themes in plain language: vehicle maintenance, driver fitness, hours of service and unsafe driving. Roadside records grouped without double counting.

Other vehicle maintenance

633%2 / 6

Unsafe driving

60%0 / 6

Hours of service

20%0 / 2

Lights

10%0 / 1

Bar = record count; % = OOS share.

Vehicle OOS over time

Eligible vehicle inspections in six-month windows; no national comparison.

30%

15%

30%

0%Nov 24 to May 250 / 4

0%May 25 to Nov 250 / 6

20%Nov 25 to May 261 / 5

0%May 26 to Nov 260 / 1

Top 3 codes (5 of 15 records)

393.205A-WRBH Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)2
396.17C-PI Periodic (annual) inspection2
392.2-SLLSWZ State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1

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392.2-SLLTCD State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLTL State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLUP State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.22B-DFPWD Driving of commercial motor vehicles1
392.82DUMT Using a hand-held mobile phone1
393.207F Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.78A-WS Windshield wipers1
393.9TS Inoperative required lamps1
395.22H4-ELDBRODS ELD — provider/registration/malfunction1
395.24D-ELDPT ELD — record edits / data1

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Other vehicle maintenance

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Unsafe driving

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Hours of service

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Safety and violations

Violation data is not available for this carrier right now.

Verification summaryAuthority, insurance, safety and identity facts for MERCADO TRANSPORT LLC.

MERCADO TRANSPORT LLC (USDOT 2897695) has a Vektor safety score of 100/100 and a Clear to load verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record. FMCSA profile data as of Nov 3, 2026.

The carrier holds active common for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I. FMCSA authority data as of Nov 6, 2026.

It has no active BIPD insurance filing in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot. FMCSA insurance data as of Nov 3, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 6.3% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA safety data as of Nov 6, 2026.

The carrier received 27 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 16 vehicle-level and 27 driver-level — across 8 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA operations data as of Nov 6, 2026.

The carrier has 0 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 0 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available. FMCSA safety data as of Nov 6, 2026.

It reports 4 power units and 4 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated May 29, 2025. FMCSA identity data as of Nov 6, 2026.

It has no FMCSA-assigned safety rating in the federal record. FMCSA identity data as of Nov 6, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is MERCADO TRANSPORT LLC's USDOT number?

MERCADO TRANSPORT LLC's USDOT number is 2897695, and its motor carrier number is MC-974142.

Is MERCADO TRANSPORT LLC authorized to operate?

FMCSA authority data as of Nov 6, 2026. MERCADO TRANSPORT LLC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is MERCADO TRANSPORT LLC's safety record?

MERCADO TRANSPORT LLC has a 6.3% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 34 roadside inspections, with 0 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and is not currently rated by FMCSA. Vektor's computed risk score is 100/100 (tier: clear).